COVID-19: Australian court upholds ban on most international travel
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COVID-19: Australian court upholds ban on most international travel
FILE PHOTO: Passengers wait at the check-in counters for New Zealand flights at Sydney International Airport on Apr 19, 2021, as Australia and New Zealand opened a trans-Tasman quarantine-free travel bubble. (AFP/Saeed Khan)
01 Jun 2021 04:14PM
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CANBERRA: An Australian court on Tuesday (Jun 1) rejected a challenge to the federal government’s power to prevent most citizens from leaving the country so that they do not bring COVID-19 home.
Australia is alone among developed democracies in preventing its citizens and permanent residents from leaving the country except in “exceptional circumstances” where they can demonstrate a “compelling reason".